Exotic wood descriptions
Craig Deere
>Is there a website that shows a picture of the many various woods for pen turning and a description of them? There are so many to choose from it's hard to know which ones to order. Thx.
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Joe Herrmann
>The Gilmer Wood site is one of my favorites and can be found at www.gilmerwood.com. Sample images (like I think you are looking for) can be found at the link below:
Hope this helps.
Joe
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JL
>My favorite descriptive link for wood descriptions is below. Click on the other continents in the sidebar for other woods.
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John K Jordan
>I know you asked for a website, but you might also consider the book "Identifying Wood" by Hoadley.
While the macro view of the grain and figure of a board is often useful, it can be mighty misleading! For example, I have a supply of cocobolo and the differences are striking - I could take a photo of one "typical" piece and it would look far different from a photo of another piece. Even the way the wood is cut (quartersawn, etc) makes a big difference.
The micro view, especially of a sliver of end grain shaved with a razor blade and viewed with a magnifier or microscope is much more descriptive. The book mentioned has photos of some of the common native and exotic woods. I use a low power binocular microscope (15-30x).
BTW, Hoadley's other book, Understanding Wood, is an excellent resource for, well, understanding wood. :)
JKJ in East TN
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Carl Bordelon
>Here is the one I always look at first.
Hope it helps.
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/index.htm
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Craig Deere
>Thanks Joe. I checked out Gilmerwoods (or whatever) and couldn't find the samples of woods so I sent them an email asking if they were still available on their site. The link didn't work. Thanks again for your help.
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Craig Deere
>That link was very helpful. Thanks!!
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Craig Deere
>Some very good points John, and thanks for the tip on the book. It might very well be more helpful.
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Craig Deere
>This site is a wealth of info. Carl. Thanks a million!!
